The Triumph Of Achilles Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCD ADEAFDG DA AHAIJK| In the story of Patroclus | A |
| no one survives not even Achilles | A |
| who was nearly a god | B |
| Patroclus resembled him they wore | C |
| the same armor | D |
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| Always in these friendships | A |
| one serves the other one is less than the other | D |
| the hierarchy | E |
| is always apparant though the legends | A |
| cannot be trusted | F |
| their source is the survivor | D |
| the one who has been abandoned | G |
| - | |
| What were the Greek ships on fire | D |
| compared to this loss | A |
| - | |
| In his tent Achilles | A |
| grieved with his whole being | H |
| and the gods saw | A |
| he was a man already dead a victim | I |
| of the part that loved | J |
| the part that was mortal | K |
Louise Gluck
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